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Home Staging Is Much More Than De-Cluttering and Moving Furniture - Part 4: Staging A Home, MN

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Home Staging Is Much More Than De-Cluttering and Moving Furniture - Part 4

Staging A Home - Minneapolis, MN

This Four Part Series takes place in one home and I am highlighting the suggestions I made to the client in various rooms.

Part 4: The Porch

This porch was an addition; built around the original stucco exterior of the home. It looks out onto a stunning landscaped yard. Let's take a look.

ERRrrrrrrrkkkkkkkkk......hold on! Is it the porch???

 

 Porch Before

Let's check again......maybe we took a wrong turn.

 

Denmark Court Before

 

Nope I think it's the porch but it sure is looking like an office to me.

Pretty tough to sell a wonderful 4-season porch (a huge plus in Minnesota) when it isn't looking like a porch.

Easy Home Staging suggestion: Stage it for it's original purpose.

 

 Denmark Porch After

 

Denmark Porch After

 

That's it. No paint, no repairs, no lighting changes. Just stage it for what it is.

Denmark Porch Before and After

Priceless!!

Porch Close Up

To Read More From This Series:

Part 1: The Family Room

Part 2: The Living Room

Part 3: The Dining Room

Oh....and Surprise!! I decided to add a 5th part to this 4 Part Series! :)

 

Need home staging advice? Rooms With Style is the Premier Home Staging Firm in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area with an entire warehouse of furniture and accessories to assist with your every home staging need.

 

 

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Ralph Janisch ABR CRS Broker
Janisch & Co. - Conroe, TX
Selling Northwest Houston to good people like you!

A vast improvement over the "before" we should all be using professional stagers to get our sellers on the right track.

Jul 07, 2011 03:16 AM
Peg Barcelo
Fluff My House! Home Staging Inc. 250.486.6369 - Summerland, BC
The FlufftasticStager from Summerland, BC

Shar, a porch is such a great selling feature! Nice job, as always! Funny how that's what often happens; folks use rooms for what they weren't intended and buyers walking in think what am I going to do with this room? Thanx for taking the guesswork out!

Jul 07, 2011 04:46 AM
Shar Sitter
Rooms With Style - Minneapolis, MN
Home Staging and Redesign Minneapolis/ St. Paul, M

Thank you Suzanne.

Yes, staging does make a difference Jackie. Thanks for stopping in.

Isn't it a cute porch Amy! Staging, staging, staging.......:)

Exactly Lizette. Now the buyers can see themselves on that porch during any season reading a book and relaxing.

Thank you Kathy. I appreciate that.

Easiest one for sure Donna. Thought I would throw that 5th one in for fun.

Jeanne and Ralph, from your mouth to all agents and sellers ears!

Porches are such valuable square footage and they need to be treated as such Peg. You are correct. Thanks much.

Jul 07, 2011 05:23 AM
Kristine Ginsberg
Elite Staging and Redesign, LLC - Short Hills, NJ
NJ Home Stager

Shar - the transformation is so amazing! Nothing is better to show the value of staging then before/after pictures! Love the wicker furniture with the pops of color you added using throw pillow - perfection!

Jul 07, 2011 07:40 AM
Emily Read
Salt Lake City, UT

Ahhhhhhh - now doesn't THAT look better? Amazing again, Shar!

Jul 07, 2011 11:03 AM
Sally Weatherley
EXIT STAGE RIGHT - Vancouver, BC
Vancouver Home Staging, Home Stager Vancouver, B.C

Shar - Who would want to do boring office work in such a pretty porch.  So glad you brought it back to what it should be - a pretty room in which to drink lemonade, read a book and admire the garden.

Jul 07, 2011 11:37 AM
Janice Ankrett
Janice Ankrett Home Staging - Burlington, ON
Staging Professional

Priceless is right Shar! Another wonderful transformation.

Jul 07, 2011 12:35 PM
Sharon Tara
Sharon Tara Transformations - Portsmouth, NH
New Hampshire Home Stager

Boy that was some wasted space sitting there!  Talk about throwing money out the window!!  Your transformation just added more value to that house than those sellers will ever know.

Jul 07, 2011 12:55 PM
Will Hamm
Hamm Homes - Aurora, CO
"Where There's a Will, There's a Way!"

Hi Shar,  You have such a great eye for things.  Keep it up.

Jul 07, 2011 02:43 PM
Shar Sitter
Rooms With Style - Minneapolis, MN
Home Staging and Redesign Minneapolis/ St. Paul, M

Thank you Kristine. I am into orange right now!

Thanks Emily....I am hoping the buyer says AAAhhhhh too!

Maybe they were trying to cheer themselves up while doing their boring work Sally, ha.

Thank you so much Janice, I appreciate you stopping by.

It was very valuable square footage Sharon and deserved the attention.

Thank you Will, that is so kind.

Jul 07, 2011 02:58 PM
Anna Dovger
Add Value Home Staging LLC, 281-704-6607 - The Woodlands, TX
Home Staging -The Woodlands, TX

Shar, this is one of my favorites tips. Bringing the room back to it's original purpose. Great transformation that adds so much value to the house.

Jul 07, 2011 03:13 PM
Ellen Caruso
Daniel Gale Sotheby's International Realty - Glen Head, NY

Shar, love the transformation, no question you hit it on the knob and made it work!

Jul 07, 2011 04:43 PM
Roger D. Mucci
Shaken...with a Twist 216.633.2092 - Euclid, OH
Lets shake things up at your home today!

Imagine a couple "shaken with a twist" and you and me sitting there shooting the breeze..........I like it!

Jul 07, 2011 11:46 PM
Tammy Pearce
Haute Realty 214-994-6474 - Dallas, TX
Tammy Pearce

Such a simple solution...with beautiful results!  Great job Shar!

Jul 08, 2011 03:39 AM
Shar Sitter
Rooms With Style - Minneapolis, MN
Home Staging and Redesign Minneapolis/ St. Paul, M

I agree with you completely Anna!

Thanks so much Ellen.

AAhhhh....perfect Roger. What are you doing at 5:00? ;)

Thank you Tammy. I appreciate that.

Jul 08, 2011 04:54 AM
Allen 2222
Austin, TX

Well, I started at the end of your series, but after seeing your photos, I am going to go read the others. You are absolutely right - spaces need to be presented as they are intended to be used and your Before and After photos of the porch is a great illustration.

Jul 08, 2011 04:25 PM
Shar Sitter
Rooms With Style - Minneapolis, MN
Home Staging and Redesign Minneapolis/ St. Paul, M

Thanks Alison. I appreciate you stopping by and checking out the series.

Jul 08, 2011 05:54 PM
Juli Vosmik
Dominion Fine Properties - Scottsdale, AZ
Scottsdale/Cave Creek, AZ real estate 480-710-0739

Shar, that is awesome.  That wood flooring deserved better treatment.  I love what you did with this - makes it look like a great place to read a book at the end of a long day or on a rainy day weekend.

Question for you, is leaving the blinds down for the showing better than pulling them up all the way?  There's plenty of light and it shows there are blinds for privacy, so probably down.  But, so many people raise them? 

Jul 22, 2011 05:41 AM
Shar Sitter
Rooms With Style - Minneapolis, MN
Home Staging and Redesign Minneapolis/ St. Paul, M

It depends on the blinds Juli. Two inch wood blinds I always say to leave down as they are heavy and the stack on the top is huge and cuts off the window and view. With mini-blinds it depends on if the blinds are in good shape or not and how big the windows are. Small window pull them up, big window leave them down so the stack isn't huge, slanted, and bowed. That looks worse. Always have the blinds turned flat so you can see straight out and let all the light in. Good questions!

Jul 22, 2011 05:48 AM
Shar Sitter
Rooms With Style - Minneapolis, MN
Home Staging and Redesign Minneapolis/ St. Paul, M

Thanks Valerie...it is a beautiful porch. Not so much as an office. :)

Jul 22, 2011 04:07 PM
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